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As the Gaelic Athletic Association faced continuing loyalist attacks on its members and property across Ulster last week, it became clear the organisation is at the centre of a unique battle for nationalist hearts and minds on acceptance of the new policing implementation plan.

A disabled prisoner has won compensation for discrimination in a landmark case likely to lead to a catalogue of similar claims. The man, who weighed 22 stone and had difficulty climbing stairs because of a heart condition, claimed damages for being forced to serve his sentence in an unnecessarily secure prison.

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